HERMAN  LEE  MEADER,  ARCHITECT 


WALDORF  BUILDING 

33rd  STREET— FIFTH  AVENUE 
NEW  YORK  CITY 


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TWENTY-THIRD  STREET 


THK  WALDO K F  BUILDING  occupies  the  plot  Nos.  2-16  West  33rd  Street,  long 
owned  by  the  estate  of  John  Jacob  Astor  ;  and  recently  enlarged  through  the  purchase 
by  Vincent  Astor  of  No.  1 5  West  32nd  Street,  which  now  gives  it  a  main  frontage  of 
200  feet,  and  a  depth  running  through  the  entire  block. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING  is  at  the  very  heart  of  that  marvelous  half-square 
mile  between  the  Metropolitan  Tower  and  Times  Square,  wherein  is  crowded  the  city's  most 
important  hotels,  theaters  and  stores.  Macy's,  Sak's,  Gimbel's,  McCreery's,  Altman's,  Gor- 
ham's,  Best's,  Lord  &  Taylor's,  Vantine's,  and  Tiffany's,  are  within  two  hundred  yards. 


The  Hotel  McAlpin,  the  Imperial,  the  Martinique,  the  Grand,  the  Breslin,  the  Vanderbilt, 
the  Park  Avenue,  and  the  Holland  House  are  within  one  hundred  and  fifty  yards. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING  has  unsurpassed  transit  facilities.  On  33rd 
Street  are  stations  of  the  Pennsylvania  R.R.,the  Long  Island  R.R.,  the  Hudson  and  Man- 
hattan Tubes,  the  Sixth  Avenue  Elevated  R.R.,  and  the  Fourth  Avenue  Subway.  There 
will  also  be  stations  of  the  Seventh  Avenue  and  Broadway  Subways.  The  Fifth  Avenue 
motor  'bus  line  passes  the  32nd  Street  entrance  ;  and  on  34th  Street,  the  surrace  cars  carrv  the 
heaviest  cross  town  traffic  on  Manhattan  Island. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING  is  directly  across  the  street  from  the  Waldorf-Astoria, 
which,  regardless  of  competition  by  more  recently  built  hotels,  is  still  the  rendezvous  for  the 
smartest  people  in  New  York,  and  a  mecca  for  the  most  exclusive  visitors  from  out  of  town. 
The  Waldorf-Astoria  is  more  than  a  hotel  —  it  is  an  institution  about  which  social  New  York 
pivots,  and  the  Waldorf  Building  maintains  the  same  prestige  among  uptown  business 
buildings. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING  will  contain  shops  on  the  ground  floor,  and  they  are 
so  planned  as  to  cater  to  the  most  exclusive  patronage.  Each  shop  will  have  a  basement  for 
storage,  a  well  lighted  mezzanine  balcony  for  office  purposes,  and  a  rear  entrance  for  general 
service.  With  all  goods  received  and  delivered  at  the  rear,  wagons  will  not  interfere  with 
carriages  and  automobiles,  and  the  sidewalk  will  be  as  attractive  to  shoppers  as  it  is  along  the 
Rue  de  Rivoli. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING  will  provide  showrooms  of  various  sizes,  on  the 
first  and  second  floors,  the  entire  fronts  of  which  are  plate  glass  The  third,  fourth  and  fifth 
floors  will  provide  lofts  approximately  22,000  square  feet  in  area,  which  will  be  sub- 
divided to  suit  tenants.  The  upper  floors  are  divided  into  offices,  having  unobstructed  light 
on  all  sides  and  a  view  tar  over  the  city  and  out  into  Long  Island. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING  presents  a  unique  exterior  appearance.  Except  for 
the  end  piers,  which  are  of  richly  sculptured  stone,  the  structural  supports  through  the  lower 
three  stories  are  masked  by  a  veneer  of  mirrors  permitting  a  facade  of  plate  glass  for  its  entire 
200  feet  of  length  and  40  feet  in  height,  broken  only  by  slender  mullions,  and  narrow  panels  of 
ornamental  iron.  This  great  field  of  glass  will  be  illuminated  with  tungsten  lamps  and 
mirrored  reflectors,  at  night,  affording  an  opportunity  to  display  merchandise,  which  for  extent 
and  artistic  effect  has  not  been  equalled. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING,  under  the  contract  between  the  owner  and  the  Astor 
Estate,  cannot  be  sold  and  therefore  is  not  a  speculative  building  operation,  but  an  invest- 
ment proposition,  and  every  provision  has  been  made  for  the  comfort  and  safety  of  its  occu- 
pants. There  are  four  continuous  lines  of  stairways  leading  to  exits  on  two  streets.  The 
building  is  served  by  seven  elevators,  four  high  speed  passenger  cars  and  three  heavy  service 
freight  cars.  There  are  two  men's  and  two  women's  toilets  on  each  floor.  The  building  is 
so  favorably  rated  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  that  an  exceedingly  low  rate  of  insur- 
ance is  available  for  the  tenants. 

THE  WALDORF  BUILDING,  by  agreement  with  the  Astor  Estate,  will  permit  no 
manufacturing  on  the  premises  and  will  enforce  the  most  rigid  restrictions  against  any  sort  of 
objectionable  occupancy.  In  every  way  it  will  be  maintained  as  the  building  de  luxe  of  uptown 
New  York. 


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WALDORF  BUILDING 

FOR   SPACE  APPLY  TO  OWNER 
32ND-33RD  STREET  CORPORATION 

LESLIE  R.  PALMER,  Presidm 
68  WILLIAM  STREET,  NEW  YORK  CITY 

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